Metallica - James and Jason

[@droopmountain6510]

It's funny how they went out of their way to make Trujillo feel like part of the band and not just the new bassist, but for all those years they never let Jason forget he was just the new bassist.

[@michaelybarra3967]

yeah I know right, but I guess by the time they got Trujillo they were mature enough not to treat him like crap like they did with poor Jason.

[@hugobromme1428]

michael ybarra Well, I wonder how James would react if Robert came to him asking if it's okay to do a little side project with some buddies of his.

[@michaelybarra3967]

Hugo Brömme Hmm, not really sure, maybe he'll act a little more cool and let him do his thing now that the band is so big they could use a little break.

[@raskolnikov1944]

it's called maturity

[@marekpisko5501]

So true. I totally agree. Is it enough to say "we regret how we treated Jason"? Maybe it is....

[@MrOrcslayer]

I always hated the way they treated Jason.

[@alanparson7998]

Yeah, me too men...😔😔

[@phtmblu]

Who doesn't?

[@callmetrab7194]

Him and Kirk were actually pretty close

[@Marco-Morrison]

let me explain that....the only threated Jason in the beginning, since the Jusice tour, they had never threat him more than others in the band....they all threat themselves

[@Marco-Morrison]

@DGZV no... Please watch the Videos from the era 1989 to 1992...and read Interviews that time period... They threated each other, all of em... It was funny... Metallicas sarcasm humor

[@frusciante2811]

Jason really has a strong personality. pure energy

[@amk51909]

jason was their friend of misery

[@berzerker199]

blakkflagg tripplsixx sad but true

[@tylerbrah4676]

Please. no.

[@attackhelicopter1725]

James was their Master Of Puppets.

[@nickname880]

Lars was their Shortest Straw

[@DwayneTheWockJohnson1]

There was a struggle within

[@DovakinMetal]

Jason, the man who suffered bullying

[@LSweet2007]

Grown men don't get bullied, unless they accept it for sexual reasons.

[@luckydominguez2654]

people tend to think all they do was bully him, but they actually had a very strong relationship with him, like brothers, at the end they fucked it up and Jason said no more

[@luckydominguez2654]

I know, is something very hard to say.

[@paulmichael2589]

Nonsense.

[@MrParkerman6]

The bullying that should not be Sad but Bullying Master of Bullying Jump in the Bullying Where the wild Bullyings are Bullying's dance Enter Bullying Ride the Bullying Fade to bullying ...and justice for Bullying Eye of the bullyer Seek and Bully

[@sharonshreeves2]

So true. He was bullied. The way I have heard them speak to him is shocking. I have heard james admit it at least.

[@dankk2754]

Kirk and James did. Lars never did

[@jobrakai9395]

Dank Bonk ripper 65 Yeah he did

[@dankk2754]

Joseph Hock never heard or read him admitting it but oh well

[@jobrakai9395]

Dank Bonk ripper 65 In the VH1 documentary When Metallica Ruled the World, they get to the part with Jason, he said “we hazed him so hard.” But whatever, the important thing is that the guys in Metallica and Jason are still on good terms today.

[@SPGRAMPA1]

@@yeahguys4705 😞👍

[@saltwatermanten]

They didn't treat Jason very well... Glad to see they grew up and admitted they took Cliffs death on him. Jason was awesome! My Friend of Misery is one of the greatest Metallica tracks, that bass intro is killer!

[@yeahguys4705]

saltwatermanten Losing someone is like having a brick in your pocket that always feels like it’s there but you get used to it over time This is why Metallica wasn’t very nice to Jason they just didn’t know how to deal with cliffs death

[@hienho15]

That bass intro was suppose to be Jason bass solo on the album but they decided to screw him over with that too. This coming from an interview with Jason.

[@MetaITurtle]

We must forgive and move on

[@vittoprince]

Out of the trio, Kirk seems like the one who treated Jason with respect.

[@turtlboi2217]

Kirk was always chill and tbh he was probably the one who got picked on the most during the cliff era cuz obviously no one fucks with cliff or james unless they wanna die and lars is the one that does the picking most of the time anyways

[@nrood3821]

why would you ask james if he misses cliff? of course they do.

[@luckydominguez2654]

pretty much right, i was surprised he didn´t punch the one that ask about it

[@russkate88]

It was good to see where James was at with this at this point in their careers, because it was six years after Cliff had died.

[@icaanul]

I think it is being overdone. They knew each other 4 years. They were 6 years separated from his death at this point(92). You can become friends with someone over that period but it's foolish to believe their bullshit that it bothers them still to this day. Total bullshit.

[@tvalla]

Bonechip Exactly! They made their dreams come true together...

[@raini9434]

Icaanul from 83-86 they basically all lived together on Carlson Street and spent every second together basically went from a club band to headlining and playing support for Ozzy together. When you spend that much time with someone for years and then basically see a bus crush them and kill them. That’s gonna fuck you up big time. Considering there’s a video of them talking about their book back to the front and about cliff and Kirk is in tears talking about how much he still misses him. And by this point it’s been 30 plus years. If you spend that much time with a good friend and have that many memories together. Doesn’t matter how much time passes your still gonna miss them

[@sk-lc9lj]

I’ve been sitting here for hours watching compilation videos of Metallica and in every single one, Jason never fails to say something that just makes me so sad. Like damn, I really can’t believe he put up with that for all those years.

[@eva-vs1zu]

sk same. Like I wanna cry because of the abuse he had to put up with for 15 years of his life in Metallica.

[@straycatsanctuary3475]

He hit the fucking jackpot when he got hired by Metallica.

[@oliviadantoni6584]

@@straycatsanctuary3475 yeah but then he was verbally abused for the next 15 years of his life

[@antoniocenteno1483]

Let´s say some stuff: 1. James has the blues in his veins 2. Jason relationship with the guys was Strong, saddly today people still belive all they did was Bully him while actually he was close with James and get along really well with Lars and Kirk, he was even more present when they start recording the Load albums, the did harras him during the Justice tour but after that it stoped and even at that point they were frinds, just they were asshole to him too. 3. Were the F0CK is L0rs Oscar?

[@Danjoker.]

Not to mentioned he also became a millionaire

[@mishacol]

Lars: Jason's focking birthday today. Kirk: Let's kill'm Now I know why Jason left.

[@outis439-A]

its a joke. Being ironic, as he was born yet hes gonna be killed on the same day

[@AdamG1983]

@@outis439-A Kirk, if anyone, was probably nicest to him, seeing as he was also the "new" (but not really) lead guitarist

[@reiswaffel7238]

Jonas Colt it’s a joke my dude

[@Marcelas888]

That would be the second bass players death involving Kirk

[@kawabunga1029]

@@Marcelas888 Oh sheeeeeet 😂

[@michaelangeloh.5383]

James + Jason = Jameson

[@Azazil.levthn]

So gay dude. Cut it off

[@fatimapalacios2292]

Jenna Jameson?

[@dimitripapadinikolaus]

J Jonah Jameson

[@julianavasquez8557]

please leave the whiskey out of this

[@llorandoenelbanodenuevo6406]

hey bruh, come with me to wattpad, lmao

[@S-A-CCL]

James with a fender strat, I've seen everything

[@MrParkerman6]

He played Fender strats and teles. on the load albums.

[@mr.thekidd498]

Was so pissed when I seen him play a fuccn Tele.

[@Syklonus]

@@mr.thekidd498 Are you so weak that seeing someone play a certain brand of guitar gets you that upset? James is a country and rock fan as well as being a metal beast, so why wouldn't he like a classic Fender Tele or Strat? Grow the fuck up.

[@russkate88]

It's probably refreshing for him to play something different

[@bullyinspace]

Met him and the others many times during 90s. Jason is incredible

[@fixxxer3456]

You can tell by how he answered the Cliff question he still wasn't over it or hadn't properly grieved it, even six years later

[@russkate88]

If Cliff had somehow reappeared and come back to life at that point. James would have replaced Jason within days of that happening. They would have paid him out what he was owed and terminated his contract then and there. If they had to reschedule tour dates to get Cliff up to speed, they would have done that, no problems.

[@Kruegerisgod]

1:06. James is thinking "I got my name butchered", ha

[@bonzi9745]

"James Height-Field"

[@tristabriggs6665]

James Hatfield

[@warhammer8403]

JAMES ASSFIELD

[@katastrofa7272]

James Hatefield

[@brandonbisson2362]

Peyton Briggs lmao

[@joepreston9167]

The way I’ve always seen it is that they did like Jason and enjoyed him in the band, yet they could never get over the fact that he wasn’t cliff so they kept toying and joking with him. They didn’t just ‘bully’ him none stop like some people believe.

[@internets0up]

Yeah no some people are definitely overreacting, they probably had a lot of fun times together but there are also a lot of moments where they say stupid shit about Jason and those are often filmed

[@MPT1983]

Wow Jason took the high road for so long,his band mates probably held the fact they "took him off the streets" as Lars said for years.

[@Mysterywhiteboy78]

Lars is an obnoxious prick or at least was.

[@orion_8181]

Lars was a jerk to say that.

[@fabioscanu3316]

Anyone else find it amusing how pissed off Lars seems that it's Jason's birthday?

[@gustavbogren5119]

Like some angry kid not wanting to go to his little cousins birthday party

[@russkate88]

Did they ever pie Cliff on his birthday?

[@russkate88]

@Romy Taylor really? When?

[@I.Am.Beezus]

He was like that during the SKOM documentary when it was Kirk's birthday as well.

[@Fackunator]

0:46 There's something in the way he speaks about Cliff that makes me sad

[@kate_is_great]

Jason = class act.

[@mattrodgers2911]

Yes, has always been my favorite Metallica member.

[@prestonbike]

James playing a STRAT?? What the FOK?

[@3Storms]

When he's not getting paid to play ESP he plays everything BUT ESP.

[@luckydominguez2654]

You´ve seen the Unforgiven 2?

[@santiagomartinez5500]

@@luckydominguez2654 he played with a Telecaster in Unforgiven 2

[@samueljorge3171]

He swapped with kirk

[@aaarthur14]

WHAT THE FUK

[@johndoesstuff4602]

HE FOCKING LEFT THE BAND!!!

[@Nukey717]

Because the band just treated him like pure shit. I really don't get why people get mad for him leaving the band, he was an amazing dude and maybe not the best bassist but he didn't deserve the shit he got and still gets.

[@johndoesstuff4602]

@@Nukey717 he left because James didn't want him to have his other band at the same time as he was in Metallica

[@Nukey717]

@@johndoesstuff4602 Jason and his manager agreed that him leaving for Echobrain was better for not only Jason's career but Jason would be happier with it. James of course rebelled against the idea yet Jason decided to leave which left James irritated.

[@johndoesstuff4602]

@@Nukey717 yeah but the whole " HE LEFT THE FOCKING BAND" thing is a meme from some kind of monster anyway lol

[@Nukey717]

@@johndoesstuff4602 Oh I know I know, I didn't get it at first so that's my bad for going off.

[@ghostblackhearth007]

metallica needs Jason

[@3Storms]

I am sure he'd rather die in a gutter than come crawling back to people who treated him like shit for over a decade.

[@russkate88]

No. I'd say they need Cliff. He would up their playing.

[@Rata2010]

fuck off trujillo....

[@vicmarner1652]

No,that‘s impossible,cause HE FOCKING LEFT THE BAND!

[@rajdeepganguli2274]

Jason doesn't deserve the treatment he had had from Metallica

[@davestephens1117]

Hatfield???????????

[@tim3624]

DAVE STEPHENS 1:31 now he really is hatfield

[@russkate88]

Papa Het

[@russkate88]

Because he always wore cowboy hats

[@jeremyrafuse5330]

I swore the guy said Highfield

[@pinemarten7509]

He was the hottest member metallica ever had :(

[@YamnayaSintash]

Yaas, I loved his old hair!

[@ArronP]

It's funny Jason's actually older than james

[@LarryMFnSellers]

Older than all of em

[@russkate88]

So was Cliff

[@michaelgraham9774]

@@LarryMFnSellers The oldest in the band at the time was Kirk

[@jadee.3198]

@@michaelgraham9774wdym at the time, he still is the oldest LMAO

[@FlamingPineapples1]

God, when James was talking about Cliff in this one, you can really see how much he meant to him

[@tonybp]

3 weeks after Cliff's death the band was already doing shows again. The show had to go on but they never properly mourned Cliff and Jason paid the price. Also, Jason being a big fan of the band when he joined them didn't make things better as James said it was annoying. The worst thing they did to him was killing Jason in the mix of the Justice album, I will never understand that dick move, James and Lars now admit it was a bad thing and they were never fair to Jason. Nevertheless, Jason was the ultimate pro and took it all like a champ. Trujillo is an amazing bassist, he can do Jazz, Funk, Rock, Pop, World Beat, etc. but he doesn't have the energy Jason had and I get the feel/vibe Rob is just somebody they hired to fill the spot. I don't see Rob bonding with the band that much either.

[@Brandooch11]

Just hand Lars the Oscar

[@manipreferchicken4083]

"Jason Newsted" Born in 1963 Says he joined the band at 15 Jason Joined Metallica in 1978 confirmed?

[@morturiom9651]

Lol........

[@muhammadirsyazman8389]

Metallica joined Jason😂

[@Atataititrebuisateuiti]

@Comfortably Dumb time traveller

[@jason.h.zager88]

he was joking

[@mattrodgers2911]

Yeah, he joined in 1986. Ya know, right after Cliff died

[@WhiteSploitationFavs]

Nice to see rare footage of James Hatfield & The McCoys playing live.

[@coryflintoff9872]

My first concert was MetallicA in Boston on Jason's birthday 🤘🖤🔥

[@missnickelbackstar94]

Today (march 4th) actually is Jason's birthday! 48 years young!!! :D

[@espacosideraljpg]

And nowdays, he's 58 Damn....

[@marianew13]

i love jasons smile

[@UseTheNukeQuick]

1:00 James Hatfield is the singer in Metullica not Metallica.

[@manuelag.h.7471]

Shut up

[@sudeth]

@@manuelag.h.7471 r/woooosh

[@outis439-A]

@sude I dont get it

[@sudeth]

@@outis439-A if im not wrong in the past on a album their name was written as mettalica. So that became like a meme. Also james' surname is writen as hAtfield so often. So the hAtfield one will be the singer of metUllica, not metallica

[@CalebePriester]

I did not know James could play the Blues... kind nice

[@MrParkerman6]

You must a never heard 'load' then, it's like 80% blues!

[@Syklonus]

@@MrParkerman6 You've obviously never heard a real blues album if you think that Load is 80% blues. It's a heavy rock album plain and simple.

[@michaelrichey6783]

Load was a tad blues-ish but def heavier than blues overall by a long shot...

[@Afurthyclays]

He's a better guitar player than Kirk. That's right, I said it.

[@CalebePriester]

@@Afurthyclays James plays base better than Kirk. James can't solo like Kirk. Kirk can't sing. James can sing. Anyway I think James wins.

[@valeriotagliaferri2125]

It is cool seein' James playin' blues on a strat

[@SaGeOwL4891]

And awesome musician with a good attitude. Too bad the rest of metallica were not ready to accept him... But there's no One to blame, they were young, famous and still recovering from that wound.

[@odens.enjoyer]

Haha, hatfield

[@deadliestchic8768]

Jase is so damn adorable!!!

[@jonnybravo9423]

you can tell he wanted to kick the shit out of them but had to bottle it up

[@metalehead95]

1:33 is it me or lars right there is dressed just like axl rose??????

[@dimitripapadinikolaus]

metalehead95 The guy from Guns N Rumours?

[@dumbassteenager9161]

its just a white leather jacket

[@timprescott4634]

Good ole James Hatfield!

[@jedward5155]

I love James Hatfield.

[@colefitch6599]

Humble n cool Jason never let success fuck him up👍

[@rosewood_ca]

Watching and listening James play that Strat was sweet.

[@roccojc8071]

Metallica: why did u leave the band? Jason:

[@cheabuns8168]

i swear to god i can hear the bass riff to my name is mud... or maybe im just going crazy 3:35

[@theders8590]

I can kinda hear that lol

[@MetalMayhem1978]

We miss you Jason. Nothing against Rob, but you were a better fit for the band. Your performance and backing vocals were monstrous!!!

[@CLuvTV]

even in a video called James and Jason.....Lars manages to make it about him

[@russkate88]

That's on the person who entitled the video

[@Spongebob-lf5dn]

I don't understand you people. Lars is such a character, I love it

[@Mars-]

ya ...he is super entertaining. ppl just like to hate him for his cocky attitude etc

[@internets0up]

Yeah it’s a love-hate relationship, he’s an asshole but a funny one

[@marcelaperez4126]

Yo, JASON IS FUCKING DOPE FOR BEING A HARD ASS AND TAKING IT!!! They snapped later in life but.... naw he was still a huge part of the success smh..... Jason you have a special place in my heart....❤️❤️❤️

[@coltallic3114]

James would be an awesome blues guitarist.

[@FlipGuitarist80]

Jason was the man!

[@MarcBR1]

Lars was a sissy

[@Mysterywhiteboy78]

"I sing the blues every night cos I gotta hang around with these fucking people" he really was not joking, listen to the anger and sarcasm in Ulrich when Jason talks about playing blues at home etc.

[@russkate88]

They were just taking the piss out of each other.

[@martinq3860]

hehe 3:30 Unforgiven Bridge ^^

I love Jason Newsted

[@AnnaKraft97]

'Lars's Oscar Performance', hahaha. And the part where Kirk suggests they kill Jason was hilarious.

[@prestonbike]

+Anna Kraft "It's Jason's birthday!" "LET'S KILL 'EM!"

[@russkate88]

He would have been the second Bass Player killed in Metallica. I think after that they'd find it hard to recruit new Bass Players.

[@thalamusDecimation]

I think he was serious. Even Kirk himself admitted they were all assholes to Jason.

[@russkate88]

Lars and James were probably pondering that idea

[@michaelangeloh.5383]

Lars: "It's Jason's fucking birthday!" Kirk: "Let's kill him!" Kirk really used to be a dick. XD - Who would've thought. - And not just because of this one thing...

[@ethanbanta1261]

I mean, it's a joke.

[@brodywise4750]

0:31 James looks really beat up right there. Probably after a long show and long drinking binge

[@fredriksvard2603]

Brody Wise was weirdly bloated for about a year there yes, around the time of the queen concert

[@ghostblackhearth007]

metallica needs Jasdon

[@russkate88]

Nope. They need Cliff. If he came back, they could pick up from where they left off with him.

[@tylerbrah4676]

No they don't need jasdon I don't know who that is

[@himalayanragdollcat9052]

metal up your ass Fuck XDXD

[@larsswig912]

My favorite bassist Jasdon Newsted.

[@AdamG1983]

Too bad Jason doesn't need them. Sad but true.

[@bestboy138]

RIP Jason and James

[@Mysterywhiteboy78]

In fairness though, I wonder whether Hetfield had PTSD after Cliff's death. They saw him crushed right and that accident must've been horrible , the fact he lost his mother young would set him up for PTSD when Cliff died.

[@russkate88]

Maybe he did and it wasn't addressed

[@chassy50]

Actually that would make a lot of sense especially since they started playing so soon after cliff

[@jonathanway4201]

Much love for metallica

[@MelodicsRareMusicVid]

i really miss cliff and wonder what awesome songs he coulda made the past 20 years but also i wonder how different and justice for all would of been, its one of my favorites, would it of been even better? would it been a flop? would it even exist? would something even more better or shitter have came in its place?

[@amk51909]

MelodicsRareMusicVid it's a bass guitar dude anybody can follow the lead guitar cliff or jason, I dought metallica would be any different

[@amk51909]

MelodicsRareMusicVid justice was their best album ever and it was jason . anything after justice James hetfield vocals has ruined

[@russkate88]

In a nutshell, AJFA would have surpassed MOP in every possible way, from the musicianship, to the production, but Blackened would sound alot different as the main riff was Jason's idea. But before that Metallica would have completed the MOP tour and would have played Leper Messiah and Orion live in their entirety with Cliff in the band and most likely have had professionally recorded video footage of their concerts from that tour. During the Damage Justice Tour Cliff would have pushed them to play all the AJFA songs live in their entirety, so you would have even heard Dyers Eve, To Live Is To Die and Frayed Ends live during the course of that tour, and played to their full potential. The One video would have Cliff in it and Metallica would have been the most untouchable bands of the 80's.

[@MrParkerman6]

There wouldn't be an ...and justice for all album or the blackened song, dummy!

[@russkate88]

How can you say for sure?

[@thebigflyingninja5242]

Oh yesss I never seen this before Dope

[@theseattlegreen1871]

You couldn't pay me enough to be Metallica's bass player and have them just treat me like they did to Jason. No wonder he quit the band

[@x999zzz]

Anybody watching thiscin 2019?

[@optimusdime]

"Walk Don't Run" by The Ventures

[@manuelag.h.7471]

Long Live JAMES HETFIELD ❤

[@Workin2anEarlyGrave]

@doemejor the making of the black album home video called a year and a half in the life of metallica

[@Andrewoid95]

BASSketball.

[@mztweety1374]

They should have taken more time to mourn Cliff. Can’t believe the record company let them go back out on the road so fast. Hindsight is definitely 20/20.

[@jamiewest5357]

yes Metallica treated Jason like shit but I always loved how the Burton family accepted Jason.

[@HeathenDance]

"We took this guy off the streets" LOOOOOOOOL.

[@D-Man_Jam]

Jason in the thumbnail looks like Brian May with all that hairspray.

[@OmkarGhumare]

Thats the first time I saw hetfeild play strat and he is soloing wow but yeah I feel bad for jason

[@briandenny2266]

Cliff's mom told Jason that being the bass player was the easiest place to step in? Being that Jason is a BASS player... i'd say she was correct

[@Akromis]

so nice

[@RevisedTV]

@tpain2345 i knew it was a 50's model, 59 was the first year for production right? i read somewhere that some 59's (i think) are so early they have no serial number

[@Ozzysm]

2 years later today... :)

[@jisselmorenocardenas4956]

James😘😘🎸🎸🎶🎶

[@ryanishkonk3446]

Jason’s the man

[@mattrodgers2911]

I wonder if Jason had the decision to do all over again, would he still join Metallica? Probably so, but if he were to say no that would tell you a great deal about how badly he was treated.

[@yaya8448]

"And this is James HATfield from Metallica."

[@jofusnufc841]

According to Jason, Metallica treat him alright

[@eva-vs1zu]

joezygamingYT he had to say that because he was in the band back then. You can see in many, many videos that they were bullying him. Never treated him the right way and it saddens me because he was Metallica for 15 years. He had that energy they needed.

[@augustorodriguez4363]

Well i think there are many aspects to considerate. Robert Trujillo is an icon, he has his own, large and vast carreer Before to come into metállica, if metallica treat him like Jason, Robert left the band. World gonna be In Roberts side. I dont think James or lars gonna try to offend him because Robert is an strong and muscular man, jason was a skinny young man I suposse Robert is alredy a rich man Jason wasnt so Jason must stay with those bullys to get his saves... Remember many people cames into a new job with the Dream of been part of something "big" but finally they stay just because the money, is normal and is ok. I think lars is not a musician is just a Business man so Jason never was an icon like cliff or Trujillo, so he could consider him like "the guy" or "the employee" and the last thing... James and Lars are bullys. If people like that are new rich and famous they for sure are narcisitics too. I worked for a year for a narcisitic, bully and new rich man ( like metallica members are) man... I spent almost all my saves in mental therapy after that. So i understand and i support Jason In his decisión to have some peace. P.d. metallica is lucky to have a Limp like Trujillo. They were At the side of the cliff, been without two big musicians like Burton and Newsted, because of that, the gonna smile to Trujillo, even they gonna shine his shoes to make evertthing flows... Do you think metallica would survive to the third bassist lost? Greetings from Perú!

[@wesbeach69]

After Jason Left it would've been interesting to see geezer Butler join Metallica.

[@russkate88]

Trust me. If any member of Black Sabbath joined Metallica in 1992, that would have been a huge honour for them and they'd do whatever it takes to make him part of the family. They definitely wouldn't turn his bass down, or throw pies at him on his birthday.

[@wannaknowit291]

The older James gets,the sweeter and cuter he becomes!Lovely James:))))))

[@optimusdime]

3:06 Does anybody know what song they are listening to? Sounds like Albert King.

[@TheRockpelle]

James on a Stratocaster, weird seeing him playing any guitar than a explorer and a Flying V

[@eduarda2605]

E essa risada : 1:52 ...Sorriso : 2:00 \o/

[@MrIvansl]

james can play the blues really well

[@charlieguzior]

Jason deserved better.

[@AdamG1983]

Man, you can just see it in his eyes that he misses Cliff like crazy. Probably took his addictions/asshole behavior from a 6 to a 14 for about 15 years.

[@AniW2x4]

It feels wrong seeing James with a strat 😂😂

[@jettsta2401]

@tpain2345 are we talking a bout the strat or the les paul ?

[@jimmygangster]

From what I get out of the whole James and Jason thing is that James felt very intimidated by Jason. Jealousy sucks sometimes. Still love James though, but still.

[@Chris-lv2wq]

He wasn't intimidated, he didn't want to lose him. So he figured if he was going to it was going to be on his terms. Not Jason's. But he was mad because Jason lacked the creativity that cliff had. Jason would watch James play and copy his left hand exactly and that pissed James off. He didn't want this ball of energy and he hated that Jason loved the band. He wanted him to be miserable because that's what they all were. And he didn't want to be looked up to because he felt guilty. They all were that way. They wanted to push him away and it took them over 20 years to do so. The dude was as much a saint as anyone

[@MrParkerman6]

Nothing you said is true, Chris. There is NO proof James ever got mad at Jason for copying his left hand. NONE!!!!

[@AdamG1983]

And what did Jason do? He took it. He didn't lash out or "focking leave the band" at that point yet. Probably didn't complain too much either. And there's nothing a bully hates more than the person they're bullying not let it bother them

[@AdamG1983]

James has said (at least around St. Anger) that his way of loving people has been "squeezing them to death". He felt threatened Jason would leave, so he made it so much worse inadvertently, which made Jason actually leave

[@MrParkerman6]

No! He said the way I learned to love things is to "choke 'em to death". You aren't supposed to use quotes if it isn't exactly word for word, that's the whole point of quotes.